Shaping academic task engagement with percentile schedules

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-488

  Athens, Elizabeth S ^a   Vollmer, Timothy R ^a   Pipkin, Claire C St Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic engagement; Percentile schedules; Shaping

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REINFORCEMENT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; STUDENTS;

EID: 38449123006     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2007.40-475     Document Type: Article

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